Apparatus for treating emulsified oil



Nov. 15, 1927'.

G. VEGLQFF ET AL APPATUS FOR TREAuz-I G EMULSIFIED OIL ooo originl Filed oct. 23,

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Patented' Nov. 1 5,` 1927.

UNITED 4s'ra'rssTPA'IENi;oFFllz. i*

GUSTAN' EGLOFF AND HARRY BENNE, OF CHICGO,'ILL1NOIS, ASSIGNORS k'120A UNIVERSAL OIL PRODUCTS COMPANY, F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION i or souri; DAKOTA. f

APPARATUS yrc1?v 'rnna'rme EMULsIrIEn ou..

, Application mea october as; 1eao,seria1m. 419,055. Renewed February 15, 1927.

rlhis inventionV relates an s apparatus for treating emulsiied oil and refers `more particularly to the 'de-emulsifying or de- I lhydration of such emulsiied petroleums as pass through a and s ring valve member loev fed emulsiied California or Mexican crudesor em'ulsifiedv ,bottom settlings. Thelobject of the invention is to mechanically dehydrate the oil b causing it to lurality o Ysetsof foramiese plates are spaced apart nated plates. T

cylinder. in which reciproj` and seated in a cates a piston.

In'the drawings: Fig. 1 is a view partly in section and partly in plan of our lmproved apparatus. Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken through line A-a of Fig. 1.

Referring in detail to-v the drawings, .1 designates the treating chamber which 1n 'the present instance takes the form of an elongated cylinder in one end of whlch 1s mounted a' reci rocating iston 2. This pis ton 2 is providdd with piston rod 3 extending through suitable stuiiing box 4, which piston rod is reciprocated through Vany sultable driving mechanism which'is not shown inasmuch as it forms no part of the present invention. v f L The chamber 1 may, if desired, be formed in sections 5, havingZ cooperating iianges 6y secured bythe bolts Between the ilan s is inter osed a foraminated plate 8, having a plurality of apertures 9 as shown more clearly in Fig. 2. This manner of connecting the sections 5 ermits detachment of the plate 8. If desire these apertures ina'y be increased in number in each plate or `o de creasin -size in the plates farthest remote from t evpiston 2.

@il is introduced into the chamber 1 through the inlet line ,10, valve chamber.- 1'1 in .under suicient rassure to cause piston moves forwardly, it compresses the oil through the foraminated plates 8, the orifices becoming succeedingly smaller in succeeding plates as I )reviously described.'` As the emulsiony is bro en, the oil and water av still .further modificationl of the process, ltemperature inst, water., The prese,

the oil may `be cooled todi above the freezing point of l sure used may vary from 25 pounds to several hundred pounds persquare inclnigf"` We claim as our' invention: 1. In an l apparatusfor treating hydrocarbon o il, the combination with a chamber, of a reciprocatlng piston mounted therein, a

plurality of through which t e -oil is forced by the piston, the o riices in thev plates bein of successively decreasing 'size from the mlet'side of the chamber.' x

2. In an apparatus for treating hydrocarbonaoil, a reciprocating piston mounted therein, a

plurality of spaced foraminated plates through which the oil is forced bythe piston.

A3. Inan apparatus for treatinghydrocar bon oil, the combination with a chamber, of

foraminated plates, said plates naving aperthe combination with a chamber, ofk

s aced foramina'ted platesA a plurality of detachable s aced apart tures therein of decreasmg size from the inlet of the chamber, a piston reciprocabl mounted in said chamber to forcei oil 12. The oil maya-through the orifices insaid "plates.

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